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Lilium Jet’s Hard Landing

Lilium Jet’s Hard Landing: The Numbers That Kill the eVTOL Air‑Taxi Dream

September 28, 2025
1) What Lilium promised—and what actually happened From 2021 onward, Lilium pitched a premium regional air‑mobility network using a six‑passenger, one‑pilot “electric jet” and set public expectations for ~$2.25 per passenger‑mile pricing as early as mid‑decade. The plan assumed four‑and‑a‑half seats filled
Humanoid robot - Kepler K2

China’s $34,000 Humanoid Goes to the Line: Kepler’s K2 “Bumblebee” Enters Mass Production

September 27, 2025
A new price point—and a public claim of “mass production” Kepler’s Friday release frames the K2 “Bumblebee” as the “world’s first commercially available hybrid‑architecture humanoid” and, crucially, says the robot is now rolling off a production line and shipping. Priced at RMB 248,000
Flu vs. COVID Symptoms

Flu vs. COVID Symptoms: 9 Clues You Can’t Ignore (and When to Test ASAP)

September 27, 2025
Why flu vs. COVID still confuses people Both illnesses are contagious respiratory infections with broad, overlapping symptom sets. WHO summarizes it plainly: “In many cases COVID‑19 and influenza cause similar symptoms, including cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever, headache and fatigue.” World
E-Bike

10 Longest‑Range E‑Bikes of 2025 (You Won’t Believe #1’s 300‑Mile Claim) – With Real Prices & Sources

September 27, 2025
Method in brief: We ranked currently available e‑bikes by the manufacturer‑claimed maximum range on a single full charge (including factory dual‑battery options). Where km are given, we converted to miles. We show current list prices from the maker or authorized dealers and
Quantum Developers

Quantum’s ‘AI Moment’ Is Coming: Why the World Needs an Army of Developers – Now – to Unlock Real Quantum Advantage

September 27, 2025
In‑depth report The bottleneck isn’t only qubits—it’s developers Quantum hardware is leaping forward, but the field will stall without far more software developers who can translate physics into applications. IBM bluntly summed up the inflection point: “We’ve entered a new era of
Vertical VX4

Meet the Vertical VX4: The UK “Flying Taxi” That Just Made History – But Can It Raise $700M To Fly You by 2028?

September 26, 2025
The VX4 in one sentence Vertical’s VX4 is the UK’s flagship eVTOL program: an eight‑prop, tiltrotor air taxi pursuing airline‑level certification in 2028 after notching a string of piloted flight milestones in 2025—and now racing to secure the $700 million it says
CRISPR

CRISPR Exposed: How Bacteria’s Immune System Became the Gene-Editing Revolution

September 25, 2025
Scientific background and discovery of CRISPR CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) was first observed as odd repeating DNA sequences in bacteria by Ishino et al. in 1987 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, but its function remained mysterious for years. In the 1990s, microbiologists like
Electric Scooters - Range Ranked

10 Electric Scooters That Go Ridiculously Far (2025): Real‑World Range Ranked – #1 Hit 86.4 Miles on One Charge

September 25, 2025
The 10 longest‑range electric scooters (ranked by ESG‑tested range) How to read the table: “Tested range” = ESG/Rider Guide range on their course. Battery specs are manufacturer or database values. “Wh/mi” ≈ battery Wh ÷ tested miles (lower is more efficient). Where
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